On Die, 2003-03-25 at 09:28, Uwe Walter wrote: > > Environment: > - SuSE 8.1 on Dell C640 notebook > - ATI Radeon Mobility 7500 > - XFree 4.3.0 (SuSE version from 27 February 2003 release) > (more infos in the logfile) > > - internal display: Samsung LTN150P1-L02 panel with 1400x1050 resolution > > - external display when attached to docking station: NEC panel with > 1280x1024 resolution > > > With the old XFree 4.2 I could have a line like this > > Modes "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" > "800x600" "640x480" > > in the screen section and XFree would choose a 1400 resolution if the > notebook was operating on its own display and 1280 when attached to the > docking station since the external panel that the external panel is only > capable of. > > > > Unfortunately XFree 4.3 insits of using a 1400 resolution even if the > laptop is docked and the internal panel is off. > > As the attached logfile shows, the internal panel is still recognized > and XFree 4.3 choses a 1400x1050 VIRTUAL resolution. This means, the > external panel is driven with compatible physical 1280 but virtual 1400 > with the mouse scrolling the virtual area at the screen borders.
Have you looked into using xrandr to change the virtual resolution on the fly? -- Earthling Michel D�nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
